She was born on May 19, 1940 in Port Jervis, NY, the daughter of the late James and Anna Weaver McGaw.

Barbara retired as a Deputy City Clerk for the City of Port Jervis. She married William Kevin Baird, who predeceased her on July 22, 2008.

Barbara is survived by her two sons: James Baird and his wife, Barbara of Lake City, SC, and Jeffrey Baird and his wife, Christine of Matamoras; her daughter, Wendy Hancock and her husband, Wayne of Greeleyville, SC; two sisters: Patricia Anderson and her husband, John of Port Jervis, and Mary Lou Aumick and her husband, Clare of Port Jervis; her brother, James McGaw, Jr. of Port Jervis; four grandchildren: Mitchell Gardner, III, William Gardner, Mary and Tom Baird; five step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and her special son-in-law, Mitchell Gardner, Jr. She was predeceased by her sister-in-law, Marianne McGaw.

Services will be private. Interment will take place at Pine Hill Cemetery, Sparrowbush, NY.

Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY.; for information, directions, or to send a condolence note to the family, visit knight-auchmoody.com